The Influence of Teachers’ Perceptions of School Leaders’ Empowering Behaviours on the Dimensions of Psychological Empowerment

Vrhovnik Tina (), Marič Miha (), Žnidaršič Jasmina () and Jordan Gašper ()
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Vrhovnik Tina: Primary School Jela Janežiča, Podlubnik 1, 4220 Škofja Loka, Slovenia
Marič Miha: Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Kidričeva Cesta 55a, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia
Žnidaršič Jasmina: Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Kidričeva Cesta 55a, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia
Jordan Gašper: Adecco H.R. d.o.o., Zoisova ulica 1, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

Organizacija, 2018, vol. 51, issue 2, 112-120

Abstract: Background and Purpose: School leader has an effect on teachers in divergent ways. If school leader wants their teachers to be successful and satisfied, he or she must have the potential to prompt work conditions that build up teachers’ psychological empowerment. Main aim of our research was to empirically test the relations between teachers’ perceptions of school leaders’ empowering behaviours and all dimensions of psychological empowerment (meaning, competence, self-determination and impact). Design/Methodology/Approach: We tested four hypotheses in one structural model by using structural equation modelling (SEM). The quantitative data was collected through an online survey on a sample of 525 primary school teachers in Slovenia by using two already validated questionnaires, The School Leader Empowering Behaviours (SLEB) and Psychological Empowerment Questionnaire (PEQ). Results: Findings show that teachers’ perceptions of school leaders’ empowering behaviours are positively and statistically significantly related to all dimensions of psychological empowerment (meaning, competence, self-determination and impact). Conclusion: Knowledge of psychological empowerment can be beneficial for school leaders, because with this comprehension they can strengthen apprehension and potential in exercising empowering behaviours towards their teachers to maximize their psychological empowerment.

Keywords: HRM; leadership; psychological empowerment; SEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/orga-2018-0009

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